HK32 Liptovsky Mikulas U20 got out of Reprezentacia SR with a 3-2 overtime win, the third straight game-state they had to defend and, ultimately, the one they didn't have to. The visitors led after 20 and after 40, then survived a third period in which they were outscored 1-0 before settling it in the extra frame.
Liptovsky Mikulas took the opening period 1-0 and went to the second up 0-1 on the board. The teams traded in the middle frame to make it 1-2 after 40, and the hosts' lone third-period goal squared it at 2-2 through regulation. The winner came in overtime, the only goal of the extra session.
The number that frames it: Reprezentacia SR scored in two of the three regulation periods and still lost, because they never held a lead in the game. Liptovsky Mikulas were in front from the first period on, which is the sort of margin that turns a tie game into a single overtime shift.